Polymorphic markers for pharmacogenetic hla risk alleles

ABSTRACT

We have identified panels of proxy single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are highly predictive of particular HLA risk alleles, and concordant across multi-ethnic populations. Accordingly, methods are provided involving clinical DNA testing for HLA panel markers to assess risk for life-threatening adverse drug reactions associated with the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) alleles HLA-B*57:01, HLA-B*15:02, HLA-A*31:01 and HLA-B*58:01. Methods of treating a subject with a drug associated with an adverse drug reaction (ADR) are provided. Based on the assessed risk to a subject for developing an adverse drug reaction in response to a drug, appropriate administrations of the drug can be made. In some embodiments of the method, the drug is administered when there is a low assessed risk of ADR in the subject. Alternatively, when there is a high assessed risk of ADR in the subject, a reduced dosage of the drug, or no drug, can be administered.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.62/858,326, filed Jun. 7, 2019; U.S. Provisional Application No.62/884,661 filed Aug. 8, 2019; and U.S. Provisional Application No.62/915,171 filed Oct. 15, 2019 which are each incorporated by referenceherein in their entireties.

INTRODUCTION

Pharmacogenetics offers the potential to improve health outcomes byidentifying individuals who are at greater risk of developing sideeffects and/or predicting the efficacy of medicines. The growingscientific literature supporting the validity of pharmacogenetics forselected medications has prompted recent clinical practice guidelinesfor genotype-directed prescribing. In addition, a growing number ofapproved medications have pharmacogenetic information included on theFDA label. Many of the medications with very high evidence supporting apharmacogenetic effect are associated with specific HLA risk alleles,which are major risk factors for several life-threatening drug-specificimmune-mediated adverse events (e.g., acute hepatitis, hypersensitivitysyndrome, Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), and toxic epidermal necrolysis(TEN)).

Clinical guidelines and FDA/EMA testing recommendations are availablefor several adverse events such as abacavir-induced hypersensitivitysyndrome (associated with HLA-B*57:01), carbamazepine or phenytoininduced SJS/TEN (associated with HLA-B*15:02), carbamazepine-inducedSJS/TEN (associated with HLA-A*31:01), and allopurinol-induced SJS/TEN(associated with HLA-B*58:01).

Routine HLA typing for pharmacogenomic risk prediction is notcost-effective due to the technical challenges associated withinterrogating the polymorphic HLA gene region. The technical challengesare due to the highly polymorphic nature of the HLA gene family regionon chromosome 6p. To facilitate pharmacogenomic HLA allele screening,some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been associated withthe most relevant HLA risk alleles. However, those proxy-SNPs haveinadequate specificity and sensitivity within and across multi-ethnicpopulations, which has limited their use in clinical practice.

SUMMARY

Drug-induced hypersensitivity reactions can be life-threating adverseevents that have been strongly associated with specific human leucocyteantigen (HLA) alleles such as HLA-B*57:01 (abacavir), HLA-B*15:02(carbamazepine, phenytoin) and HLA-A*31:01 (carbamazepine), andHLA-B*58:01 (allopurinol). We have identified panels of proxy singlenucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are highly predictive of particularHLA risk alleles, and concordant across multi-ethnic populations.

Accordingly, the present disclosure describes methods involving clinicalDNA testing for the HLA panel markers to assess or predict risk forlife-threatening adverse drug reactions associated with the humanleucocyte antigen (HLA) alleles HLA-B*57:01, HLA-B*15:02, HLA-A*31:01and HLA-B*58:01. Methods of treating a subject with a drug associatedwith an adverse drug reaction (ADR) are provided. Based on the assessedrisk to a subject for developing an adverse drug reaction in response toa drug, a suitable dosage regimen for administration of the drug can beselected. In some embodiments of the method, the drug is administeredwhen there is a low assessed risk of ADR in the subject. Alternatively,when there is a high assessed risk of ADR in the subject, a reduceddosage of the drug, or no drug, or an alternative therapy can beadministered.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the presentdisclosure will become better understood with regard to the followingdescription, and accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic of the datasets utilized in the analysisleading to identification of panels of proxy single nucleotidepolymorphisms (SNPs) for HLA risk alleles. (1) Gourraud, et al., 2014,“HLA diversity in the 1000 genomes dataset”, PLoS One 9(7): e97282. (2)Abi-Rached, et al., 2018, “Immune diversity sheds light on missingvariation in worldwide genetic diversity panels”, PLoS One13(10):e0206512. (3) Bettinotti, et al., 2018, “Characterization of 108Genomic DNA Reference Materials for 11 Human Leukocyte Antigen Loci: AGeT-RM Collaborative Project”, J. Mol. Diagn. 20(5):703-715.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Drug-induced hypersensitivity reactions can be life-threating adverseevents that have been strongly associated with specific human leucocyteantigen (HLA) alleles such as HLA-B*57:01, HLA-B*15:02 and HLA-A*31:01,and HLA-B*58:01.

We analyzed the 1000 Genome project dataset including samples acrosssuper populations with whole genome sequencing and HLA typing data (seee.g., FIG. 1, discovery cohort). The HLA allele tagging performance ofeach variant within MHC region (n=608,256) was assessed, and theircarriage sensitivity and specificity estimated. False positive and falsenegative samples were typed to confirm the predicted estimations for thebest proxy-SNPs. We then genotyped those identified proxy-SNPs on 79multiethnic samples, 60 of which carry at least one of the four HLAalleles (FIG. 1, replication cohort) to confirm sensibility andsensitivity in an independent cohort.

Based on this analysis, we have identified panels of proxy singlenucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are highly predictive of particularHLA risk alleles, and concordant across multi-ethnic populations. Assummarized above, this disclosure provides methods that includeassessing the subject for pharmacogenetic HLA risk alleles associatedwith an adverse drug reaction (ADR).

Pharmacogenomic Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) Alleles

The HLA system is a gene complex encoding the major histocompatibilitycomplex (MHC) proteins in humans, cell-surface proteins responsible forthe regulation of the immune system. The HLA gene complex is located ona 3 Mbp section within chromosome 6p21. HLA genes are highly polymorphicallowing them to fine-tune the adaptive immune system. The HLA-A gene islocated on the short arm of chromosome 6 and encodes the larger,a-chain, constituent of HLA-A. Over 2000 variants (alleles) of HLA-A areknown, and all alleles receive at least a four-digit classification.More than 1000 alleles of HLA-B gene are known, each of which is given aparticular number (such as HLA-B27). Closely related alleles arecategorized together; for example, at least 28 very similar alleles aresubtypes of HLA-B27. These subtypes are designated as HLA-B*27:01 toHLA-B*27:28. HLA-A*31:01

The HLA-A*31:01 allele predisposes a subject to multiple phenotypes ofcarbamazepine hypersensitivity including maculopapular exanthema,hypersensitivity syndrome, and SJS/TEN in a range of populationsincluding Europeans, Japanese, South Koreans and Han Chinese, althoughthe effect size varies between the different phenotypes and populations.The HLA-A*31:01 allele has been shown to be a strong predictor of bothmild and severe adverse reactions to carbamazepine, such as the DRESSsyndrome form of severe cutaneous reactions. For patients who testpositive for HLA-A*31:01, alternative treatments to CBZ are available.HLA-B*15:02

The presence of HLA-B*15:02 allele is considered a risk factor fordevelopment of Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis(SJS/TEN) in patients taking aromatic anticonvulsant drugs likecarbamazepine and phenytoin.

Carbamazepine (CBZ) is a sodium channel inhibitor, and is ananticonvulsant medication used primarily in the treatment of epilepsyand neuropathic pain. Serious skin reactions such as Stevens-Johnsonsyndrome (SJS) or toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) due to CBZ therapyare more common in people with a particular human leukocyte antigenalleles, such as HLA-B*1502. HLA-B*1502 occurs almost exclusively inpeople with ancestry across broad areas of Asia, but has a very low orabsent frequency in European, Japanese, Korean and African populations.Screening for HLA-B*15:02 is mandated in patients from South East Asiabecause of a strong association of CBZ hypersensitivity with SJS andTEN.

HLA-B*57:01

The HLA-B*57:01 variant occurs in about 6% of individuals of European orAsian descent.

Abacavir is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) that iswidely used in combination with other antiretroviral agents to achieveviral suppression and immunologic improvement in HIV therapy. Abacavirhas been linked to potentially fatal hypersensitivity reactions (HSR),and is thought to induce HSR by altering self-peptides presented toT-cells, resulting in an immune response. This effect is heightened inpatients carrying HLA-B*57:01 due to a direct, metabolism-independentand non-covalent interaction of abacavir with HLA-B*57:01.

HLA-B*58:01

The frequency of the HLA-B*58:01 allele varies between ethnicities. HanChinese and Thai populations have HLA-B*58:01 allele frequencies ofaround 8%, as compared to European and Japanese populations, who haveallele frequencies of around 1.0% and 0.5%, respectively.

Subjects with one or two copies of the HLA-B*58:01 allele have anincreased risk of hypersensitivity reactions, such as Stevens-JohnsonSyndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis or maculopapular eruption, whentreated with lamotrigine.

Allopurinol is a purine analog inhibitor of xanthine oxidase that isused to decrease high blood uric acid levels, e.g., in the treatmentand/or prevention of gout, specific types of kidney stones, and sideeffects of chemotherapy.

Allopurinol associated SCAR (severe cutaneous adverse drug reaction)including Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis(TEN) has been shown to be associated with the HLA-B*58:01 allele.

Polymorphic Markers for HLA Alleles

Described in the experimental section below are details of the analysisthat lead to the identification of polymorphic markers in linkagedisequilibrium (LD) with particular pharmacogenomic HLA risk allelesassociated with ADRs. Linkage Disequilibrium refers to a non-randomassociation of genetic variations or alleles at different loci in agiven population. Such genetic variations and alleles are said to be inlinkage disequilibrium when their frequency of association is higher orlower than what would be expected if they were independent andassociated randomly.

Table 6 shows specificity and sensitivity for selected proxy-SNPs forHLA-B*57:01, HLA-B*15:02, HLA-A*31:01 and HLA-B*58:01. Table 7 showssensibility and sensitivity data by ethnicity for the selectedproxy-SNPs. In general, the data shows consistency across multi-ethnicpopulations.

Aspects of this disclosure include assaying for genetic markers in asample from a subject in order to assess whether the subject has apharmacogenomic HLA risk allele associated with an ADR.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele is HLA-A*31:01, and the one or moremarkers in LD are selected from rs114776910_G, rs138415245_G,rs12665140_A, rs147023494_T, rs148590958_C and rs114716190_G. In someembodiments, the one or more markers in LD with HLA-A*31:01 are 2 ormore markers, 3 or more markers, 4 or more markers, 5 or more markers,or 6 or more markers.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele is HLA-B*15:02, and the one or moremarkers in LD are selected from rs144012689_A, rs151107659_A,rs188729361_A and rs181377228_A. In some embodiments, the one or moremarkers in LD with HLA-B*15:02 are 2 or more markers, 3 or more markers,or 4 or more markers.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele is HLA-B*58:01, and the one or moremarkers in LD are selected from rs78090769_T, rs79815527_A,rs75412754_C, and rs6936478_A. In some embodiments, the one or moremarkers in LD with HLA-B*58:01 are 2 or more markers, 3 or more markers,or 4 or more markers.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele is HLA-B*57:01, and the one or moremarkers in LD are selected from rs115986568_A, rs149663102_T,rs114170382_A, rs114607072_T, rs138099588_G, rs41558312_G, rs58102217_A,and rs41543314_G. In some embodiments, the one or more markers in LDwith HLA-B*57:01 are 2 or more markers, 3 or more markers, 4 or moremarkers, 5 or more markers, 6 or more markers, 7 or more markers, or 8or more markers.

Tables 1-4 show expanded groups of polymorphic markers that are inlinkage disequilibrium (LD) with HLA-A*31:01, HLA-B*15:02, HLA-B*57:01,or HLA-B*58:01, respectively, listed according to the specificity andsensitivity values determined in the analysis.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele is HLA-A*31:01, and the one or moremarkers in LD are selected from Table 1. In some embodiments, the one ormore markers in LD with HLA-A*31:01 are selected from markers numbered 1to 100 of Table 1, such as markers numbered 1 to 50, 1 to 40, 1 to 30, 1to 20, 1 to 15, 1 to 10, 1 to 8, or 1 to 6 of Table 1. In someembodiments, the one or more markers of Table 1 in LD with HLA-A*31:01are 2 or more markers, such as 3 or more, 4 or more, 5 or more, 6 ormore, 7 or more, 8 or more, 10 or more, 12 or more, 15 or more, 20 ormore, 30 or more, 40 or more, 50 or more, 100 or more markers.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele is HLA-B*15:02, and the one or moremarkers in LD are selected from Table 2. In some embodiments, the one ormore markers in LD with HLA-B*15:02 are selected from markers numbered 1to 100 of Table 2, such as markers numbered 1 to 50, 1 to 40, 1 to 30, 1to 20, 1 to 15, 1 to 10, 1 to 8, 1 to 6, or 1 to 4 of Table 2. In someembodiments, the one or more markers of Table 2 in LD with HLA-B*15:02are 2 or more markers, such as 3 or more, 4 or more, 5 or more, 6 ormore, 7 or more, 8 or more, 10 or more, 12 or more, 15 or more, 20 ormore, 30 or more, 40 or more, 50 or more, 100 or more, 150 or more, or200 or more markers.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele is HLA-B*57:01, and the one or moremarkers in LD are selected from Table 3. In some embodiments, the one ormore markers in LD with HLA-B*57:01 are selected from markers numbered 1to 100 of Table 3, such as markers numbered 1 to 50, 1 to 40, 1 to 30, 1to 20, 1 to 15, 1 to 10, or 1 to 8 of Table 3. In some embodiments, theone or more markers of Table 3 in LD with HLA-B*57:01 are 2 or moremarkers, such as 3 or more, 4 or more, 5 or more, 6 or more, 7 or more,8 or more, 10 or more, 12 or more, 15 or more, 20 or more, 30 or more,40 or more, 50 or more, 100 or more, 150 or more, or 200 or moremarkers.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele is HLA-B*58:01, and the one or moremarkers in LD are selected from Table 4. In some embodiments, the one ormore markers in LD with HLA-B*58:01 are selected from markers numbered 1to 15 of Table 4, such as markers numbered 1 to 12, 1 to 10, 1 to 8, 1to 6, or 1 to 4 of Table 4. In some embodiments, the one or more markersof Table 4 in LD with HLA-B*58:01 are 2 or more markers, such as 3 ormore, 4 or more, 5 or more, 6 or more, 7 or more, 8 or more, 10 or more,or 12 or more markers.

Table 5 shows a group of polymorphic markers that are in linkagedisequilibrium (LD) with HLA-A*58:02, listed according to thespecificity and sensitivity values determined in the analysis. In someembodiments, the polymorphic markers of Table 5 can be utilized todistinguish a subject predicted to carry a different allele, e.g.,HLA-A*58:01. In some embodiments, the method includes assessing whetherone or more markers in LD with HLA-B*58:02 and selected from Table 4 areabsent. In some embodiments, an assessment of the presence or absence ofone or more markers in LD with HLA-B*58:02 provides an indication ofwhether or not the subject carries the allele HLA-B*58:01 that isassociated with an ADR.

When assessing a subject for the presence of absence of a particular HLAallele, the number and selection of markers that can be utilized asproxy for that HLA allele can depend in part on the specificity and/orsensitivity values of the markers. In some embodiments, markers havingspecificity and/or sensitivity values of 95% or more, such as 96% ormore, 97% or more, 98% or more, 98.5% or more, 99% or more, or 99.5% ormore, are assessed and provide a high probability of the presence of theHLA allele with which the markers are in LD. In some embodiments,markers having PPV and/or NPV values of 95% or more, such as 96% ormore, 97% or more, 98% or more, 98.5% or more, 99% or more, or 99.5% ormore, are assessed and provide a high probability of the presence orabsence of the HLA allele with which the markers are in LD.

Aspects of this disclosure include panels of genetic markers that arecapable of providing cost effective and rapid genotype-based screeningfor multiple pharmacogenomic HLA risk alleles associated with ADRs.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele status of the subject for two ormore of the HLA risk alleles HLA-A*31:01, HLA-B*15:02, HLA-B*57:01, andHLA-B*58:01 is identified using the methods and panels of thisdisclosure, such as 2, 3 or all of the HLA risk alleles HLA-A*31:01,HLA-B*15:02, HLA-B*57:01, and HLA-B*58:01. In some embodiments, thepanel includes one or more genetic markers of two of Tables 1-4. In someembodiments, the panel includes one or more genetic markers of three ofTables 1-4. In some embodiments, the panel includes one or more geneticmarkers of each of Tables 1-4.

In some embodiments, the panel includes 4 or more genetic markers ofTable 6, such as 5 or more, 10 or more, or 15 or more. In someembodiments, the panel of Table 6 includes at least one genetic markerfor each of the HLA risk alleles HLA-A*31:01, HLA-B*15:02, HLA-B*57:01,and HLA-B*58:01. In some embodiments, the panel of Table 6 includes twoor more genetic markers for each of the HLA risk alleles HLA-A*31:01,HLA-B*15:02, HLA-B*57:01, and HLA-B*58:01, such as 3 or more, or 4 ormore genetic markers for each of the HLA risk alleles.

Aspects of the disclosure include panels of oligonucleotide probes thatare complementary to the panels of genetic markers of Table 6 (e.g.,described herein).

Risk Assessment

Aspects of this disclosure include assaying for the presence or absenceof particular genetic markers in a subject, and thus predicting orassessing the presence or absence of pharmacogenomic HLA risk alleles inthe subject. A high probability of the presence of a pharmacogenomic HLArisk allele in the subject can indicate a high risk of ADR associatedwith allele. A low risk of ADR for the subject can be assessed when thesubject lacks a panel of genetic markers in LD with the pharmacogenomicHLA risk allele.

Tables 1-7 provide lists of genetic markers of interest in LD with thepharmacogenomic HLA risk alleles and ranked according to specificity,sensitivity, PPV and NPV scores, as shown. A positive predictive value(PPV) is the probability that a subject with a positive screening testfor the genetic marker truly have the pharmacogenomic HLA risk allele. Anegative predictive value (NPV) is the probability that a subject with anegative screening test for the genetic marker truly have thepharmacogenomic HLA risk allele.

The level of risk of the ADR in a subject can be assessed qualitativelyor quantitively based on the results of assaying for the genetic markersdescribed herein. In some embodiments, one or more of the geneticmarkers of Tables 1-7 in LD with a particular HLA risk allele areassayed, and a high risk of the ADR is assessed when all of the geneticmarkers that are assayed are determined to be present. In someembodiments, one or more of the genetic markers of Table 6 in LD with aparticular HLA risk allele are assayed, and a low risk of the ADR isassessed when all of the genetic markers that are assayed are determinedto be absent. In some embodiments, the one or more genetic markers are 2or more, such as 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more markers.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele is HLA-A*31:01, and the one or moremarkers in LD that are assayed and determined to be present (or absent)are selected from rs114776910_G, rs138415245_G, rs12665140_A,rs147023494_T, rs148590958_C and rs114716190_G. In some embodiments, theone or more markers in LD with HLA-A*31:01 that are assayed anddetermined to be present (or absent) are 2 or more markers, such as 3,4, 5, or 6 markers.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele is HLA-B*15:02, and the one or moremarkers in LD that are assayed and determined to be present (or absent)are selected from rs144012689_A, rs151107659_A, rs188729361_A andrs181377228_A. In some embodiments, the one or more markers in LD withHLA-B*15:02 that are assayed and determined to be present (or absent)are 2 or more markers, such as 3, or 4 markers.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele is HLA-B*58:01, and the one or moremarkers in LD that are assayed and determined to be present (or absent)are selected from rs78090769_T, rs79815527_A, rs75412754_C, andrs6936478_A. In some embodiments, the one or more markers in LD withHLA-B*58:01 that are assayed and determined to be present (or absent)are 2 or more markers, such as 3, or 4 markers.

In some embodiments, the HLA allele is HLA-B*57:01, and the one or moremarkers in LD that are assayed and determined to be present (or absent)are selected from rs115986568_A, rs149663102_T, rs114170382_A,rs114607072_T, rs138099588_G, rs41558312_G, rs58102217_A, andrs41543314_G. In some embodiments, the one or more markers in LD withHLA-B*57:01 that are assayed and determined to be present (or absent)are 2 or more markers, such as 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 markers.

It is understood that a HLA risk score for a subject can be assessed orcalculated, based at least in part on the number of individual markersor SNPs (e.g., as described herein) that are assessed, weightedaccording to the relative predictive strengths of the markers or SNPs(e.g., their PPV and NPV values). The risk score can represent aprobability that a particular HLA risk allele is present or absent inthe subject. A variety of methods for calculating such risk scores areavailable to the skilled artisan. In some embodiments, the risk isassessed across a multi-ethnic population. In some embodiments, the riskis assessed across a particular ethnicity. The genetic markers describedherein can be highly predictive of particular HLA risk alleles, andconcordant across multi-ethnic populations, avoiding the possibility offalse positive or negative results within ethnicities that are notconcordant.

In some embodiments, the subject has a low risk of an ADR when the riskthat the associated HLA allele is absent is assessed with a risk scoreprobability of 0.5 or more, such as 0.6 or more, 0.7 or more, 0.8 ormore, 0.9 or more, 0.95 or more, 0.96 or more, 0.98 or more, 0.99 ormore, or 1.0.

In some embodiments, the subject has a high risk of an ADR when the riskthat the associated HLA allele is present is assessed with a risk scoreprobability of 0.5 or more, such as 0.6 or more, 0.7 or more, 0.8 ormore, 0.9 or more, 0.95 or more, 0.96 or more, 0.98 or more, 0.99 ormore, or 1.0.

In some embodiments, all of the genetic markers of Table 6 in LD withHLA-A*31:01 are assayed, and a high risk of the ADR is assessed when allof the genetic markers are determined to be present. In someembodiments, all of the genetic markers of Table 6 in LD withHLA-A*31:01 are assayed, and a low risk of the ADR is assessed when noneof the genetic markers are determined to be present.

In some embodiments, all of the genetic markers of Table 6 in LD withHLA-B*15:02 are assayed, and a high risk of the ADR is assessed when allof the genetic markers are determined to be present. In someembodiments, all of the genetic markers of Table 6 in LD withHLA-B*15:02 are assayed, and a low risk of the ADR is assessed when noneof the genetic markers are determined to be present.

In some embodiments, all of the genetic markers of Table 6 in LD withHLA-B*57:01 are assayed, and a high risk of the ADR is assessed when allof the genetic markers are determined to be present. In someembodiments, all of the genetic markers of Table 6 in LD withHLA-B*57:01 are assayed, and a low risk of the ADR is assessed when noneof the genetic markers are determined to be present.

In some embodiments, all of the genetic markers of Table 6 in LD withHLA-B*58:01 are assayed, and a high risk of the ADR is assessed when allof the genetic markers are determined to be present. In someembodiments, all of the genetic markers of Table 6 in LD withHLA-B*58:01 are assayed, and a low risk of the ADR is assessed when noneof the genetic markers are determined to be present.

SNP Assays

Polymorphic sites (PS) and SNPs described herein can be identifiedaccording to the SNP NCBI database. As recognized by the skilledartisan, nucleic acid samples containing a particular PS may becomplementary double stranded molecules and thus reference to aparticular site on the sense strand refers as well to the correspondingsite on the complementary antisense strand. Similarly, reference to aparticular genotype obtained for a PS on both copies of one strand of achromosome is equivalent to the complementary genotype obtained for thesame PS on both copies of the other strand.

The sequences of the genetic markers (e.g., SNPs) recited herein, aswell as their complementary sequence, may be used to design probes andprimers for genotyping the markers in a nucleic acid sample obtainedfrom a human subject of interest using any of a variety of methods wellknown in the art that permits the determination of whether theindividual has at least one copy of the genetic marker. Nucleic acidmolecules utilized in such methods generally include RNA, genomic DNA,or cDNA derived from RNA.

Typically, genotyping methods involve assaying a nucleic acid sampleprepared from a biological sample obtained from the individual todetermine the identity of a nucleotide or nucleotide pair present at oneor more polymorphic sites of interest. Nucleic acid samples may beprepared from virtually any biological sample. The genetic sample can beobtained from a biological sample selected from blood, hair, skin,saliva, semen, urine, fecal material, sweat, and buccal sample. In someembodiments, the sample is an oral tissue sample, scraping, or wash or abiological fluid sample, preferably saliva, urine or blood.

Nucleic acid samples may be prepared for analysis using any techniqueknown to those skilled in the art. Preferably, such techniques result inthe isolation of genomic DNA sufficiently pure for determining thegenotype for the desired polymorphic site(s) in the nucleic acidmolecule. To enhance the sensitivity and specificity of thatdetermination, it is frequently desirable to amplify from the nucleicacid sample a target region containing the PS to be genotyped.

Any amplification technique known to those of skill in the art may beused in practicing the present invention including, but not limited to,polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques. Other suitable amplificationmethods include the ligase chain reaction (LCR), transcriptionamplification, self-sustained sequence replication, isothermal methods,and nucleic acid-based sequence amplification (NASBA).

In some embodiments, the presence or absence of a polynucleotide isidentified by amplifying or failing to amplify an amplification productfrom the sample, where the amplification product is preferably digestedwith a restriction enzyme before analysis and/or where the SNP isidentified by hybridizing the nucleic acid sample with a primer labelwhich is a detectable moiety. In some embodiments, the presence orabsence of the polynucleotide is identified by hybridization to specificHairloop™ probes spotted on a microarray, by allele-specific PCR, byKASP genotyping chemistry or TaqMan Assays.

Administration Methods

This disclosure provides methods including administration of a drugassociated with an ADR (e.g., as described herein) to a subject, e.g.,to treat the subject for a disease or condition without significantadverse side effects. Drugs that may be administered to the subjectaccording to the methods of this disclosure include, but are not limitedto, aromatic anticonvulsant drugs such as carbamazepine and phenytoin,allopurinol, abacavir, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

In some embodiments, the drug is an aromatic anticonvulsant drug. Insome embodiments, the drug is carbamazepine. Carbamazepine can be usedto treat subjects for epilepsy, bipolar disorder, or conditionsassociated with nerve pain such as trigeminal neuralgia.

In some embodiments, the drug is phenytoin. Phenytoin can be used totreat subjects for epilepsy, or conditions associated with anxietycontrol and mood stabilization.

In some embodiments, the drug is a nucleoside reverse transcriptaseinhibitor (NRTI). In some embodiments, the drug is abacavir. Abacavircan be used to treat subjects for HIV and AIDS.

In some embodiments, the drug is an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase. Insome embodiments, the drug is allopurinol. Allopurinol can be used totreat subjects for primary or secondary gout (acute attacks, tophi,joint destruction, uric acid lithiasis, and/or nephropathy).

Based on the assessed risk to a subject for developing an adverse drugreaction in response to a drug, a suitable dosage regimen foradministration of the drug can be selected. In some embodiments of themethod, the drug is administered with a normal dosage when there is alow assessed risk of ADR in the subject. By normal dosage is meant adosage of a particular drug that is medically appropriate to administerto a subject having an average level of risk for ADR as compared to areference population, e.g., without regard to an elevated level of riskof ADR as described herein.

In some embodiments of the method, when there is a high assessed risk ofADR in the subject, a reduced dosage of the drug. In some embodiments ofthe method, when there is a high assessed risk of ADR in the subject,the drug associated with the ADR is not administered to the subject. Insome embodiments of the method, when there is a high assessed risk ofADR in the subject, an alternative therapy or drug can be administered.

Definitions

Hypersensitivity is an extreme form of adaptive immune responseoccurring when the immune system reacts inappropriately to certainantigens, and may lead to inflammatory reactions and tissue damage.

The term “biological sample” refers to any biological sample that can beisolated from an individual, including samples from which geneticmaterial may be isolated. A “genetic sample” refers to DNA and/or RNAobtained or derived from an individual.

The terms “treat” and “treating” mean to administer a therapeutic agent,such as a drug described herein, internally or externally to anindividual in need of the therapeutic agent. Typically, the therapeuticagent is administered in a therapeutically effective amount, which meansan amount effective to produce one or more beneficial results. Thetherapeutically effective amount of a particular agent may varyaccording to factors such as the disease state, age, and weight of thepatient being treated, and the sensitivity of the patient, e.g., abilityto respond, to the therapeutic agent. Whether a beneficial or clinicalresult has been achieved can be assessed by any clinical measurementtypically used by physicians, physician's assistants or other skilledhealthcare providers to assess the presence, severity or progressionstatus of the targeted disease, symptom or adverse effect. Typically, atherapeutically effective amount of an agent will result in animprovement in the relevant clinical measurement(s) over the baselinestatus, or over the expected status if not treated, of at least 5%,usually by at least 10%, more usually at least 20%, most usually atleast 30%, preferably at least 40%), more preferably at least 50%, mostpreferably at least 60%, ideally at least 70%, more ideally at least80%, and most ideally at least 90%. While an embodiment of the presentdisclosure (e.g., a treatment method or article of manufacture) may notachieve the desired clinical benefit or result in every patient, itshould do so in a statistically significant number of patients asdetermined by any statistical test known in the art such as thelikelihood ratio test based logistic regression with 2 degree freedom,etc.

It is to be understood that this invention is not limited to particularembodiments described, as such may, of course, vary. It is also to beunderstood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose ofdescribing particular embodiments only, and is not intended to belimiting, since the scope of the present invention will be limited onlyby the appended claims.

Where a range of values is provided, it is understood that eachintervening value, to the tenth of the unit of the lower limit unlessthe context clearly dictates otherwise, between the upper and lowerlimit of that range and any other stated or intervening value in thatstated range, is encompassed within the invention. The upper and lowerlimits of these smaller ranges may independently be included in thesmaller ranges and are also encompassed within the invention, subject toany specifically excluded limit in the stated range. Where the statedrange includes one or both of the limits, ranges excluding either orboth of those included limits are also included in the invention.

Certain ranges are presented herein with numerical values being precededby the term “about.” The term “about” is used herein to provide literalsupport for the exact number that it precedes, as well as a number thatis near to or approximately the number that the term precedes. Indetermining whether a number is near to or approximately a specificallyrecited number, the near or approximating unrecited number may be anumber which, in the context in which it is presented, provides thesubstantial equivalent of the specifically recited number.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used hereinhave the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill inthe art to which this invention belongs. Although any methods andmaterials similar or equivalent to those described herein can also beused in the practice or testing of the present invention, representativeillustrative methods and materials are now described.

It must be noted that, as used in the specification and the appendedclaims, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” include plural referentsunless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It is further noted thatthe claims may be drafted to exclude any optional element. As such, thisstatement is intended to serve as antecedent basis for use of suchexclusive terminology as “solely,” “only” and the like in connectionwith the recitation of claim elements, or use of a “negative”limitation.

All publications and patents cited in this specification are hereinincorporated by reference as if each individual publication or patentwere specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated byreference and are incorporated herein by reference to disclose anddescribe the methods and/or materials in connection with which thepublications are cited. The citation of any publication is for itsdisclosure prior to the filing date and should not be construed as anadmission that the present invention is not entitled to antedate suchpublication by virtue of prior invention. Further, the dates ofpublication provided may be different from the actual publication dateswhich may need to be independently confirmed.

As will be apparent to those of skill in the art upon reading thisdisclosure, each of the individual embodiments described and illustratedherein has discrete components and features which may be readilyseparated from or combined with the features of any of the other severalembodiments without departing from the scope or spirit of the presentinvention. Any recited method can be carried out in the order of eventsrecited or in any other order which is logically possible.

EXAMPLES

The following examples are put forth so as to provide those of ordinaryskill in the art with a complete disclosure and description of how tomake and use the present invention, and are not intended to limit thescope of what the inventors regard as their invention nor are theyintended to represent that the experiments below are all or the onlyexperiments performed.

Example 1: Multi-Ethnic Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)-BasedScreening of Pharmacogenomic HLA Alleles Implicated in Drug-InducedHypersensitivity Reactions Abstract:

Drug-induced hypersensitivity reactions are life-threating adverseevents that have been strongly associated with specific human leucocyteantigen (HLA) alleles. Among the reported pharmacogenomic HLA riskalleles, clinical practice guidelines and/or FDA/EMA testingrecommendations are currently available for HLA-B*57:01 (abacavir),HLA-B*15:02 (carbamazepine, phenytoin) and HLA-A*31:01 (carbamazepine),and HLA-B*58:01 (allopurinol). However, routine HLA typing forpharmacogenomic risk prediction is not cost-effective due to thetechnical challenges with interrogating the polymorphic HLA gene region.To facilitate pharmacogenomic HLA allele screening, previous studiesidentified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in linkagedisequilibrium with the most relevant HLA risk alleles; however, theseproxy-SNPs have inadequate sensitivity across multi-ethnic populationsand poor specificity, which has limited their use in clinical practice.To identify a multi-ethnic panel of proxy-SNPs for HLA-B*57:01,HLA-B*15:02, HLA-A*31:01 and HLA-B*58:01, publicly available wholegenome sequencing and HLA typing data from the 1000 Genomes (1KG)Project were interrogated (Abi-Rached et al., 2018, “Immune diversitysheds light on missing variation in worldwide genetic diversity panels”,PLoS One 13(10):e0206512; Bettinotti et al., 2018, “Characterization of108 Genomic DNA Reference Materials for 11 Human Leukocyte Antigen Loci:A GeT-RM Collaborative Project”, J. Mol. Diagn. 20(5):703-715; Bykova etal., 2018, “In Silico Analysis of the Minor Histocompatibility AntigenLandscape Based on the 1000 Genomes Project”, Front Immunol. 9:1819;Genomes Project et al., 2015, “A global reference for human geneticvariation”, Nature 526(7571):68-74; Gourraud et al., 2014, “HLAdiversity in the 1000 genomes dataset”, PLoS One 9(7):e97282).

The sensitivity and specificity of all SNPs in the MHC region(n=608,256) were initially assessed across a multi-ethnic subset of 1KGsubjects (n=1079), which identified a panel of 18 proxy-SNPs thatdetected the four pharmacogenomic HLA risk alleles with a meansensitivity and specificity of 99%.

Selected false positive and negative 1KG samples were clarified byconfirmatory genotyping (Agena Bioscience), which resulted in theproxy-SNP panel having sensitivity and specificity >99% for HLA-B*57:01(N_(carriers)=69; N_(SNPs)=8), HLA-B*15:02 (N_(carriers)=65; N_(SNPs)=3)and HLA-A*31:01 (N_(carriers)=88; N_(SNPs)=4); and >95% for HLA-B*58:01(N_(carriers)=77; N_(SNPs)=3). The validity of the proxy-SNP panel wasconfirmed in an independent 1KG subset (n=1425), and in the combinedcohort (n=2504) the majority of proxy-SNPs had 100% sensitivity and 99%specificity for the four pharmacogenomic HLA alleles in the Asian,European and Hispanic populations. Importantly, the panel also includedproxy-SNPs with 98% sensitivity and specificity for HLA-A*31:01 andHLA-B*58:01 in the African population. Taken together, these dataindicate that the identified novel proxy-SNP panel could providecost-effective and rapid genotype-based screening to predictpharmacogenomic HLA allele risk in diverse patient populations.

Summary: The Sema4 pharmacogenetic HLA panel described herein predictsspecific HLA alleles by a haplotype of markers, which improves thepositive and negative predictive values. The Sema4 pharmacogenetic HLApanel markers are very concordant across multi-ethnic populations. Aseries of polymorphic markers were identified in LD with fourpharmacogenetic HLA alleles (see e.g., Tables 1-4) implicated inlife-threatening adverse drug reactions. Sensitive and specifichaplotype analysis using this novel pharmacogenetic HLA panel could be acost-effective and rapid genotype-based screening test to predictpharmacogenetic HLA allele carrier status across multi-ethnicpopulations. The pharmacogenetic HLA panel could also be extended toother indications (as appropriate), as these HLA risk alleles areinvolved in additional severe adverse drug reactions as well assusceptibility/prognosis for some complex diseases.

TABLE 1 Polymorphic markers in LD with HLA-A*31:01. PPV and NPV refer topositive and negative predictive values, respectively. Markers 1-6 oftable 1 provide a panel of preferred markers for HLA-A*31:01. Marker SNPspecificity sensitivity ppv npv 1 rs114776910_G 0.998 0.968 0.968 0.9982 rs138415245_G 0.998 0.960 0.968 0.997 3 rs148590958_C 0.998 0.9520.967 0.997 4 rs114716190_G 0.998 0.952 0.967 0.997 5 rs12665140_A 0.9970.960 0.960 0.997 6 rs147023494_T 0.996 0.992 0.939 0.999 7rs117117960_A 0.998 0.912 0.974 0.995 8 rs185367427_C 0.985 0.992 0.7810.999 9 rs17179220_A 0.980 0.968 0.726 0.998 10 rs74345156_G 0.907 10.365 1 11 rs28733991_A 0.906 1 0.362 1 12 rs72495971_G 0.905 1 0.36 113 rs140821968_T 0.905 1 0.358 1 14 rs144608908_CATGT 0.904 1 0.357 1 15rs17179816_T 0.893 0.984 0.328 0.999 16 rs12665039_C 0.890 0.984 0.3220.999 17 rs6916499_C 0.869 0.983 0.316 0.998 18 rs1059449_A 0.889 10.323 1 19 rs41541222_T 0.889 1 0.323 1 20 rs7760172_C 0.887 1 0.320 121 rs142270424_A 0.887 1 0.320 1 22 rs116432652_T 0.887 0.992 0.3180.999 23 rs77899164_C 0.887 1 0.319 1 24 rs10677323_CAG 0.887 1 0.319 125 rs17185784_G 0.887 1 0.319 1 26 rs28544296_C 0.887 1 0.319 1 27rs72492287_A 0.887 1 0.319 1 28 rs115691105_T 0.887 1 0.319 1 29rs28555376_C 0.887 1 0.319 1 30 rs2571375_G 0.886 0.873 0.290 0.992 31rs72495912_A 0.886 1 0.318 1 32 rs75134279_C 0.886 1 0.317 1 33rs72492295_T 0.886 1 0.317 1 34 rs151233761_C 0.886 1 0.317 1 35rs74185225_C 0.886 1 0.317 1 36 rs72492302_C 0.886 1 0.317 1 37rs72495906_G 0.886 0.992 0.315 0.999 38 rs147862323_C 0.885 1 0.316 1 39rs115980375_C 0.885 1 0.316 1 40 rs116363141_A 0.885 1 0.316 1 41rs72495910_C 0.885 1 0.316 1 42 rs76665055_T 0.885 1 0.315 1 43rs11758504_T 0.885 1 0.315 1 44 rs138348864_A 0.885 1 0.315 1 45rs192326368_T 0.884 1 0.315 1 46 rs72495975_T 0.884 1 0.315 1 47rs184553151_T 0.884 1 0.314 1 48 rs11759097_A 0.884 1 0.314 1 49rs115456943_A 0.884 1 0.314 1 50 rs75298535_C 0.884 1 0.314 1 51rs551457015_G 0.884 0.992 0.312 0.999 52 rs28896571_T 0.883 1 0.313 1 53rs28533954_A 0.883 1 0.313 1 54 rs11760172_T 0.883 1 0.313 1 55rs28688639_G 0.883 1 0.313 1 56 rs11752319_A 0.883 1 0.313 1 57rs72495983_A 0.883 1 0.313 1 58 rs13194536_T 0.883 1 0.312 1 59rs74196807_G 0.883 0.992 0.310 0.999 60 rs143182422_T 0.882 1 0.311 1 61rs77997154_T 0.875 0.992 0.301 0.999 62 rs114839838_A 0.877 0.984 0.2980.999 63 rs116001094_C 0.877 0.984 0.298 0.999 64 rs9259811. 0.870 10.295 1 rs141296323_A 65 rs12663276_G 0.875 1 0.299 1 66 rs74211750_G0.875 1 0.299 1 67 rs201477120_G 0.875 1 0.299 1 68 rs427995_C 0.868 10.290 1 69 rs79437615_G 0.875 1 0.298 1 70 rs74218766_T 0.875 1 0.298 171 rs79231337_C 0.875 1 0.298 1 72 rs41272547_A 0.875 1 0.298 1 73rs41562315_A 0.875 1 0.298 1 74 rs41543916_A 0.875 1 0.298 1 75rs41543412_G 0.875 1 0.298 1 76 rs1061235_T 0.875 1 0.298 1 77rs77309262_T 0.875 1 0.298 1 78 rs10947038_A 0.875 0.984 0.295 0.999 79rs11757135_T 0.875 0.984 0.295 0.999 80 rs17179957_A 0.875 0.984 0.2950.999 81 rs189990623_T 0.875 1 0.297 1 82 rs114058671_A 0.875 1 0.297 183 rs79857957_T 0.875 1 0.297 1 84 rs78993465_A 0.875 1 0.297 1 85rs115694430_G 0.875 1 0.297 1 86 rs72500497_T 0.875 0.984 0.294 0.999 87rs199947646_T 0.875 0.984 0.294 0.999 88 rs183401702_A 0.875 0.984 0.2940.999 89 rs11756376_G 0.875 0.984 0.294 0.999 90 rs116451203_C 0.8750.984 0.294 0.999 91 rs143328784_T 0.875 0.984 0.294 0.999 92rs149964608_A 0.875 0.984 0.294 0.999 93 rs200286021_G 0.874 1 0.297 194 rs72498354_T 0.874 1 0.297 1 95 rs149645832_T 0.874 1 0.297 1 96rs74295242_A 0.874 1 0.297 1 97 rs115334476_C 0.874 1 0.297 1 98rs145720557_A 0.874 1 0.297 1 99 rs76895251_C 0.874 1 0.297 1 100rs72498357_G 0.874 1 0.297 1 101 rs114766850_A 0.874 1 0.297 1 102rs75367802_A 0.874 0.984 0.293 0.999 103 rs11754264_C 0.874 0.984 0.2930.999 104 rs72498353_T 0.874 1 0.296 1 105 rs150671547_A 0.873 1 0.295 1106 rs538730912_A 0.873 0.992 0.294 0.999 107 rs7772638_G 0.873 1 0.2951 108 rs35114469_T 0.872 1 0.293 1 109 rs140923546_A 0.872 1 0.293 1 110rs114304833_C 0.872 1 0.293 1 111 rs115106715_T 0.872 1 0.293 1 112rs115521177_A 0.872 1 0.293 1 113 rs34354617_C 0.871 1 0.292 1 114rs35575266_C 0.871 1 0.292 1 115 rs114777139_A 0.871 1 0.292 1 116rs72498352_C 0.871 1 0.292 1 117 rs12665310_C 0.871 1 0.292 1 118rs376173738_GAT 0.871 0.992 0.290 0.999 119 rs12664958_C 0.871 1 0.291 1120 rs74202021_A 0.871 1 0.291 1 121 rs11754005_T 0.870 1 0.290 1 122rs17185650_A 0.870 1 0.289 1 123 rs17179270_G 0.870 1 0.289 1 124rs12528253_A 0.870 0.984 0.286 0.999 125 rs78455625_A 0.869 1 0.288 1126 rs78380318_A 0.868 1 0.287 1 127 rs114157794_G 0.868 1 0.287 1 128rs116252145_C 0.865 0.984 0.279 0.999 129 rs78810446_G 0.865 0.952 0.2720.997 130 rs12660668_G 0.864 1 0.281 1 131 rs116031481_C 0.864 1 0.280 1132 rs116076476_A 0.863 0.992 0.277 0.999 133 rs74184772_G 0.863 0.9760.274 0.998 134 rs115760798_T 0.862 1 0.278 1 135 rs199710390_C 0.8620.976 0.273 0.998 136 rs72495985_G 0.862 1 0.278 1 137 rs74223603_T0.862 1 0.278 1 138 rs12662520_T 0.862 1 0.278 1 139 rs72495986_T 0.8621 0.278 1 140 rs147496146_T 0.862 1 0.278 1 141 rs139102237_T 0.862 10.278 1 142 rs6921957_C 0.862 1 0.278 1 143 rs6927115_C 0.862 1 0.278 1144 rs117143236_C 0.862 1 0.278 1 145 rs115731392_A 0.862 1 0.278 1 146rs77849405_A 0.862 1 0.278 1 147 rs150655579_A 0.862 1 0.278 1 148rs151034657_G 0.862 1 0.278 1 149 rs72498350_C 0.862 0.992 0.276 0.999150 rs3901687_T 0.862 1 0.277 1 151 rs1962778_T 0.862 1 0.277 1 152rs11758670_C 0.862 1 0.277 1 153 rs35541854_T 0.862 1 0.277 1 154rs74187129_G 0.862 1 0.277 1 155 rs75525135_G 0.862 1 0.277 1 156rs74590183_G 0.862 1 0.277 1 157 rs546947741_C 0.862 1 0.277 1 158rs34146016_C 0.862 1 0.277 1 159 rs6922132_C 0.861 1 0.276 1 160rs72498347_T 0.861 1 0.276 1 161 rs147394713_A 0.858 1 0.272 1 162rs28397212_A 0.857 1 0.271 1 163 rs1611593_A 0.851 1 0.268 1 164rs115367733_T 0.857 1 0.270 1 165 rs72492286_A 0.856 1 0.269 1 166rs74206461_T 0.856 1 0.269 1 167 rs17185791_C 0.855 1 0.268 1 168rs72492285_T 0.855 1 0.268 1 169 rs28678129_A 0.855 1 0.268 1 170rs72492288_C 0.855 1 0.268 1 171 rs149028986_G 0.855 1 0.268 1 172rs139978410_T 0.855 1 0.268 1 173 rs28533123_G 0.854 1 0.267 1 174rs116123788_C 0.854 1 0.266 1 175 rs150513929_C 0.853 1 0.265 1

TABLE 2 Polymorphic markers in LD with HLA-B*15:02. PPV and NPV refer topositive and negative predictive values, respectively. In some cases,markers 1-6 of table 2 provide a panel of markers for HLA-B*15:02.Marker SNP spec sens ppv npv 1 rs144012689_A 0.999 1 0.977 1 2rs151107659_A 0.999 1 0.977 1 3 rs188729361_A 0.999 0.988 0.977 0.999 4rs181377228_A 0.999 0.988 0.977 0.999 5 rs190938408_C 0.994 1 0.862 1 6rs138238859_C 0.993 0.988 0.852 0.999 7 rs371096447_C 0.998 0.943 0.9650.997 8 rs140855588_G 0.998 0.954 0.965 0.998 9 rs185615899_G 0.9980.954 0.965 0.998 10 rs186302377_A 0.998 0.954 0.965 0.998 11rs190335533_A 0.998 0.909 0.952 0.996 12 rs149481627_A 0.998 0.909 0.9520.996 13 rs191392216_G 0.998 0.943 0.954 0.997 14 rs183151869_G 0.9970.954 0.943 0.998 15 rs112214065_A 0.997 0.954 0.943 0.998 16rs185092079_T 0.997 0.943 0.932 0.997 17 rs572250590_TA 0.997 0.9430.922 0.997 18 rs149203328_T 0.996 0.954 0.903 0.998 19 rs143114181_G0.996 0.943 0.902 0.997 20 rs191184615_C 0.996 0.886 0.896 0.995 21rs191579971_G 0.996 0.886 0.896 0.995 22 rs148931659_G 0.996 0.886 0.8960.995 23 rs189418663_T 0.995 0.897 0.868 0.996 24 rs146122378_A 0.9950.897 0.868 0.996 25 rs140202631_A 0.995 0.897 0.868 0.996 26rs192693532_A 0.995 0.897 0.868 0.996 27 rs193043557_C 0.995 0.897 0.8680.996 28 rs185642961_T 0.993 0.909 0.842 0.996 29 rs150361898_T 0.9930.988 0.844 0.999 30 rs184043553_C 0.990 0.954 0.785 0.998 31rs189011516_C 0.990 0.954 0.785 0.998 32 rs149084446_A 0.990 0.954 0.7850.998 33 rs143205755_G 0.990 0.954 0.785 0.998 34 rs186137290_A 0.9900.954 0.785 0.998 35 rs144528645_A 0.990 0.954 0.785 0.998 36rs149186815_A 0.990 0.943 0.783 0.997 37 rs377473202_A 0.990 0.954 0.7850.998 38 rs185803278_T 0.990 0.954 0.785 0.998 39 rs188083561_C 0.9900.943 0.783 0.997 40 rs563052401_T 0.990 0.931 0.780 0.997 41rs183111482_A 0.990 0.954 0.777 0.998 42 rs146215260_G 0.990 0.954 0.7770.998 43 rs181964803_G 0.990 0.954 0.777 0.998 44 rs373371958_T 0.9900.977 0.781 0.999 45 rs139479797_A 0.989 1 0.771 1 46 rs148144626_G0.987 1 0.739 1 47 rs183454889_A 0.987 1 0.739 1 48 rs117246140_A 0.9861 0.727 1 49 rs139655885_A 0.985 0.988 0.719 0.999 50 rs574446645_T0.985 0.965 0.708 0.998 51 rs188898809_A 0.985 0.988 0.713 0.999 52rs146671208_C 0.985 0.977 0.710 0.999 53 rs147099772_A 0.982 0.988 0.6740.999 54 rs141102944_C 0.982 0.988 0.674 0.999 55 rs535710313_C 0.9820.977 0.671 0.999 56 rs368752130_T 0.981 0.954 0.656 0.998 57rs141884536_A 0.980 1 0.656 1 58 rs150140732_C 0.980 0.977 0.641 0.99959 rs183506958_A 0.980 0.977 0.641 0.999 60 rs188043002_C 0.980 0.9770.641 0.999 61 rs138563211_T 0.979 0.988 0.639 0.999 62 rs142858529_G0.975 0.897 0.576 0.996 63 rs117406933_A 0.970 0.920 0.529 0.997 64rs200098765_CT 0.970 0.954 0.538 0.998 65 rs111959410_A 0.970 0.9540.538 0.998 66 rs117941869_A 0.969 0.920 0.525 0.997 67 rs146482738_C0.969 0.920 0.525 0.997 68 rs117321340_C 0.969 0.920 0.525 0.997 69rs117322540_A 0.969 0.920 0.525 0.997 70 rs117618911_G 0.969 0.920 0.5250.997 71 rs185998437_T 0.969 0.920 0.525 0.997 72 rs182965382_T 0.9690.920 0.525 0.997 73 rs73396821_T 0.969 0.954 0.535 0.998 74rs10484555_C 0.969 0.954 0.535 0.998 75 rs112489947_A 0.969 0.954 0.5350.998 76 rs113085541_G 0.969 0.954 0.535 0.998 77 rs112351161_C 0.9690.954 0.535 0.998 78 rs111300804_C 0.969 0.954 0.535 0.998 79rs113856689_G 0.969 0.954 0.535 0.998 80 rs111990896_C 0.969 0.954 0.5350.998 81 rs113036952_A 0.969 0.943 0.532 0.997 82 rs73400622_T 0.9690.943 0.532 0.997 83 rs112254995_G 0.969 0.954 0.535 0.998 84rs117733669_A 0.969 0.954 0.535 0.998 85 rs142470226_C 0.969 0.909 0.5190.996 86 rs139287227_C 0.969 0.954 0.531 0.998 87 rs530539237_A 0.9690.954 0.531 0.998 88 rs142340836_C 0.968 0.909 0.516 0.996 89rs145372685_T 0.968 0.909 0.516 0.996 90 rs3893132_A 0.968 0.943 0.5250.997 91 rs185207145_T 0.968 0.931 0.522 0.997 92 rs139021429_C 0.9680.943 0.525 0.997 93 rs41552817_T 0.968 0.943 0.525 0.997 94rs11547346_G 0.968 0.943 0.525 0.997 95 rs111715297_C 0.968 0.954 0.5280.998 96 rs116646009_A 0.968 0.954 0.528 0.998 97 rs113424831_A 0.9680.954 0.525 0.998 98 rs182442744_T 0.966 0.931 0.506 0.997 99rs147853218_A 0.966 0.954 0.512 0.998 100 rs112392510_T 0.966 0.9540.512 0.998 101 rs138594816_A 0.966 0.943 0.506 0.997 102 rs118067913_A0.966 0.943 0.503 0.997 103 rs117345749_G 0.966 0.931 0.5 0.997 104rs190925576_A 0.966 0.943 0.503 0.997 105 rs150400725_T 0.966 0.9430.503 0.997 106 rs138932482_T 0.966 0.943 0.503 0.997 107 rs117573397_A0.966 0.943 0.503 0.997 108 rs182159831_T 0.965 0.943 0.5 0.997 109rs180756175_C 0.965 0.943 0.5 0.997 110 rs143350908_T 0.965 0.943 0.50.997 111 rs117761656_T 0.965 0.954 0.5 0.998 112 rs117508387_G 0.9650.954 0.5 0.998 113 rs117514434_C 0.965 0.954 0.5 0.998 114rs116931476_A 0.964 0.931 0.491 0.997 115 rs117927250_T 0.964 0.9310.491 0.997 116 rs146502008_A 0.964 0.931 0.491 0.997 117 rs138351562_A0.964 0.931 0.491 0.997 118 rs117277006_G 0.964 0.931 0.491 0.997 119rs118004259_A 0.964 0.931 0.491 0.997 120 rs149945194_A 0.964 0.9310.491 0.997 121 rs117104932_T 0.964 0.931 0.491 0.997 122 rs117952735_T0.964 0.931 0.491 0.997 123 rs146651644_A 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0.954 0.205 0.998 222 rs3094683_G 0.865 0.954 0.2050.998 223 rs3130704_A 0.865 0.954 0.205 0.998 224 rs9265515_C 0.8650.954 0.205 0.998 225 rs9265584_C 0.865 0.954 0.205 0.998 226rs2079174_G 0.865 0.954 0.205 0.998 227 rs2079173_C 0.865 0.954 0.2050.998 228 rs9265144_C 0.865 0.954 0.205 0.998 229 rs9265348_A 0.8650.954 0.205 0.998 230 rs9265416_C 0.865 0.954 0.205 0.998 231rs561443073_T 0.865 0.954 0.205 0.998 232 rs532088383_G 0.865 0.9540.205 0.998 233 rs9265589_A 0.864 0.954 0.204 0.998 234 rs72847209_C0.864 0.897 0.194 0.995 235 rs77192564_T 0.864 0.897 0.194 0.995 236rs9264793_A 0.860 0.897 0.189 0.995 237 rs9264792_A 0.858 0.897 0.1880.995 238 rs9264871_A 0.856 0.920 0.189 0.996 239 rs9264872_T 0.8560.920 0.189 0.996 240 rs548484308_T 0.856 0.920 0.189 0.996 241rs551344396_GAA 0.856 0.943 0.193 0.997 242 rs2524050_C 0.855 0.9540.193 0.998 243 rs2524043_G 0.855 0.954 0.193 0.998 244 rs1049853_A0.855 0.943 0.191 0.997 245 rs9264621_C 0.855 0.943 0.191 0.997 246rs9264639_T 0.855 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TABLE 3 Polymorphic markers in LD with HLA-B*57:01. PPV and NPV refer topositive and negative predictive values, respectively. In some cases,markers 1-19 of table 3 provide a panel of markers for HLA-B*57:01.Marker SNP specificity sensitivity ppv npv 1 rs114170382_A 0.997 1 0.9671 2 rs114607072_T 0.997 0.993 0.967 0.999 3 rs149663102_T 0.997 0.9860.961 0.999 4 rs41558312_G 0.997 0.993 0.961 0.999 5 rs140810304_A 0.9970.993 0.961 0.999 6 rs115841246_G 0.997 0.993 0.961 0.999 7rs116081995_A 0.997 0.993 0.961 0.999 8 rs116339333_A 0.997 0.993 0.9610.999 9 rs138130755_G 0.997 0.993 0.961 0.999 10 rs138117378_A 0.9970.993 0.961 0.999 11 rs148792134_G 0.997 0.993 0.961 0.999 12rs115986568_A 0.997 0.993 0.955 0.999 13 rs138099588_G 0.997 0.993 0.9550.999 14 rs116419909_A 0.997 0.993 0.955 0.999 15 rs140991764_C 0.9970.986 0.955 0.999 16 rs144027808_G 0.996 0.993 0.949 0.999 17rs57989216_A 0.985 1 0.816 1 18 rs58102217_A 0.985 1 0.816 1 19rs41543314_G 0.985 1 0.811 1 20 rs115846244_T 0.994 0.986 0.914 0.999 21rs2395029_G 0.993 0.986 0.908 0.999 22 rs2905741_A 0.992 0.927 0.8910.995 23 rs28732145_G 0.991 0.887 0.875 0.992 24 rs202036493_A 0.9900.993 0.872 0.999 25 rs2923003_C 0.990 0.993 0.867 0.999 26 rs2516484_T0.989 0.907 0.845 0.994 27 rs114118665_G 0.986 0.966 0.824 0.997 28rs112168410_A 0.985 1 0.816 1 29 rs113223977_T 0.985 0.993 0.815 0.99930 rs201415628_C 0.985 0.986 0.814 0.999 31 rs59440261_A 0.983 0.9930.789 0.999 32 rs3021366_A 0.980 0.927 0.752 0.995 33 rs2905736_A 0.9800.927 0.752 0.995 34 rs2905734_C 0.980 0.927 0.752 0.995 35rs201725498_C 0.980 0.854 0.737 0.990 36 rs199923645_C 0.980 0.854 0.7370.990 37 rs7757162_A 0.980 0.907 0.748 0.993 38 rs7757383_T 0.980 0.9130.75 0.994 39 rs113688927_G 0.979 1 0.758 1 40 rs535476796. 0.979 10.767 1 rs535476796. rs145010040_GTT 41 rs28732144_A 0.978 0.900 0.7270.993 42 rs28895004_C 0.977 0.880 0.718 0.992 43 rs41293911_T 0.9770.907 0.724 0.993 44 rs41293915_C 0.977 0.907 0.724 0.993 45 rs2516474_G0.977 0.907 0.724 0.993 46 rs41293919_T 0.977 0.907 0.724 0.993 47rs41293923_T 0.977 0.907 0.724 0.993 48 rs28732141_T 0.977 0.907 0.7240.993 49 rs28732142_T 0.977 0.907 0.724 0.993 50 rs28732143_A 0.9770.907 0.724 0.993 51 rs202125618_T 0.977 0.907 0.724 0.993 52rs3093726_C 0.977 0.907 0.724 0.993 53 rs3093727_A 0.977 0.907 0.7240.993 54 rs28895015_T 0.977 0.887 0.720 0.992 55 rs199682092_CATAT 0.9770.887 0.712 0.992 56 rs17207190_A 0.977 0.887 0.712 0.992 57rs13203101_A 0.976 0.913 0.711 0.994 58 rs28894981_T 0.976 0.933 0.7150.995 59 rs28894982_T 0.976 0.933 0.715 0.995 60 rs141759545_A 0.9750.920 0.705 0.994 61 rs13196399_G 0.975 0.920 0.705 0.994 62rs28732096_A 0.975 0.920 0.705 0.994 63 rs28732101_T 0.975 0.900 0.7010.993 64 rs28732081_A 0.974 0.907 0.698 0.993 65 rs28732099_A 0.9740.920 0.702 0.994 66 rs537579418_T 0.974 0.913 0.700 0.994 67rs28732100_T 0.974 0.913 0.700 0.994 68 rs531383859_T 0.974 0.913 0.6960.994 69 rs112515516_G 0.974 1 0.715 1 70 rs563209172_G 0.974 1 0.712 171 rs1057151_C 0.974 1 0.712 1 72 rs111301312_G 0.974 1 0.712 1 73rs151341415_G 0.974 1 0.712 1 74 rs41561016_T 0.974 1 0.712 1 75rs1140487_T 0.974 1 0.712 1 76 rs41557415_G 0.974 1 0.712 1 77rs41556417_C 0.974 0.980 0.708 0.998 78 rs147887806_T 0.974 0.986 0.7090.999 79 rs28732097_G 0.972 0.920 0.684 0.994 80 rs111518019_A 0.971 10.692 1 81 rs28732093_T 0.968 0.920 0.652 0.994 82 rs144888775_A 0.9670.993 0.660 0.999 83 rs199503730_T 0.967 0.993 0.660 0.999 84rs113265260_TAC 0.967 0.874 0.631 0.991 85 rs112689184_A 0.967 0.9930.660 0.999 86 rs79479695_T 0.966 0.993 0.657 0.999 87 rs75119533_A0.966 0.993 0.657 0.999 88 rs79411911_T 0.966 0.986 0.656 0.999 89rs201023435_C 0.966 0.993 0.657 0.999 90 rs74655380_G 0.966 0.993 0.6570.999 91 rs77311173_T 0.966 0.993 0.657 0.999 92 rs13211972_A 0.9650.874 0.619 0.991 93 rs13191258_T 0.965 0.867 0.617 0.991 94rs28732088_A 0.965 0.913 0.627 0.994 95 rs17200095_G 0.965 0.993 0.6460.999 96 rs13214865_T 0.961 0.907 0.600 0.993 97 rs73400361_G 0.9600.993 0.614 0.999 98 rs41293856_T 0.960 0.913 0.594 0.994 99rs13210132_G 0.958 0.907 0.585 0.993 100 rs28732080_C 0.958 0.907 0.5850.993 101 rs577634159_C 0.958 0.913 0.584 0.994 102 rs41293899_T 0.9580.913 0.584 0.994 103 rs41293883_T 0.957 0.913 0.582 0.994 104rs41293887_A 0.957 0.913 0.582 0.994 105 rs41293895_C 0.957 0.913 0.5820.994 106 rs41293860_A 0.957 0.913 0.579 0.994 107 rs3828917_T 0.9570.913 0.579 0.994 108 rs41293879_A 0.957 0.913 0.579 0.994 109rs4959077_A 0.957 0.913 0.579 0.994 110 rs41293891_A 0.957 0.913 0.5770.994 111 rs4959078_A 0.957 0.913 0.577 0.994 112 rs41293907_T 0.9570.913 0.577 0.994 113 rs111281598_C 0.954 0.993 0.585 0.999 114rs3093668_C 0.953 0.907 0.556 0.993 115 rs3093661_A 0.951 0.907 0.5450.993 116 rs12212594_C 0.951 0.913 0.545 0.994 117 rs2905725_T 0.9500.927 0.546 0.995 118 rs146647111_AC 0.949 1 0.557 1 119 rs13210419_A0.947 0.940 0.533 0.995 120 rs4947326_G 0.935 0.907 0.475 0.993 121rs4947327_A 0.935 0.907 0.475 0.993 122 rs9267497_G 0.935 0.907 0.4750.993 123 rs361525_A 0.933 0.907 0.467 0.993 124 rs112630608_C 0.9270.993 0.467 0.999 125 rs112968142_G 0.927 0.993 0.467 0.999 126rs9267454_T 0.926 0.907 0.443 0.993 127 rs9267466_T 0.926 0.907 0.4410.993 128 rs2734576_C 0.926 0.907 0.441 0.993 129 rs9267492_T 0.9260.907 0.441 0.993 130 rs9267456_A 0.926 0.907 0.440 0.993 131rs9267457_T 0.926 0.907 0.440 0.993 132 rs4959079_T 0.926 0.907 0.4400.993 133 rs9267461_G 0.926 0.907 0.440 0.993 134 rs9267462_C 0.9260.907 0.440 0.993 135 rs9267463_A 0.926 0.907 0.440 0.993 136rs9267464_T 0.926 0.907 0.440 0.993 137 rs9267465_A 0.925 0.907 0.4390.993 138 rs9267487_C 0.925 0.907 0.439 0.993 139 rs28732092_T 0.9220.920 0.433 0.994 140 rs113708600_C 0.921 0.993 0.449 0.999 141rs1055821_T 0.919 1 0.444 1 142 rs76518703_G 0.919 1 0.442 1 143rs566305135_T 0.912 0.920 0.401 0.994 144 rs2233956_C 0.910 0.960 0.4070.997 145 rs28732089_G 0.908 0.913 0.389 0.993 146 rs368001137_T 0.9080.993 0.409 0.999 147 rs28732087_T 0.907 0.913 0.388 0.993 148rs4418214_C 0.907 0.993 0.408 0.999 149 rs28732082_A 0.906 0.913 0.3850.993 150 rs3093553_G 0.906 0.900 0.382 0.993 151 rs12055599_C 0.9030.852 0.371 0.989 152 rs141484466_C 0.901 0.887 0.366 0.992 153rs28732138_A 0.899 0.940 0.374 0.995 154 rs3093664_G 0.898 0.907 0.3640.993 155 rs12199223_A 0.898 0.940 0.371 0.995 156 rs12189871_T 0.8980.940 0.371 0.995 157 rs12211087_A 0.897 0.940 0.370 0.995 158rs28894993_T 0.897 0.940 0.369 0.995 159 rs564450374_C 0.896 0.993 0.3810.999 160 rs4406273_A 0.896 0.940 0.367 0.995 161 rs3093662_G 0.8960.907 0.359 0.993 162 rs28732084_C 0.895 0.913 0.359 0.993 163rs28732086_A 0.895 0.913 0.359 0.993 164 rs28732083_C 0.892 0.913 0.3530.993 165 rs559867198_G 0.892 0.947 0.361 0.996 166 rs375233420_T 0.8920.993 0.372 0.999 167 rs9267502_A 0.890 0.900 0.345 0.992 168rs114122095_G 0.888 0.986 0.362 0.999 169 rs3132514_C 0.886 0.953 0.3490.996 170 rs28894977_C 0.883 0.913 0.335 0.993 171 rs59438896_T 0.8830.993 0.354 0.999 172 rs76332236_C 0.883 0.993 0.353 0.999 173rs112243036_A 0.880 0.993 0.347 0.999 174 rs1131201_C 0.878 0.887 0.3180.991 175 rs1793893_C 0.874 0.965 0.327 0.997 176 rs527987255_G 0.8730.993 0.335 0.999 177 rs34105339_C 0.862 0.947 0.306 0.996 178rs1265178_A 0.860 0.953 0.305 0.996 179 rs1265177_G 0.860 0.953 0.3050.996 180 rs561768797_A 0.860 0.953 0.305 0.996 181 rs78405443_C 0.8600.993 0.313 0.999 182 rs1265181_C 0.859 0.953 0.303 0.996 183rs1131446_T 0.859 1 0.313 1 184 rs73390248_T 0.858 1 0.312 1 185rs28732090_G 0.858 0.920 0.294 0.994 186 rs35166487_AC 0.856 0.920 0.2920.994 187 rs12195316_A 0.856 0.920 0.292 0.994 188 rs13198298_T 0.8560.920 0.291 0.994 189 rs74594159_AG 0.855 1 0.307 1 190 rs28732157_T0.855 0.860 0.276 0.989 191 rs9391731_A 0.854 0.860 0.275 0.989 192rs9404941_C 0.854 0.860 0.275 0.989 193 rs2280801_T 0.854 0.860 0.2740.989 194 rs2295663_G 0.854 0.860 0.274 0.989 195 rs1639110_A 0.8530.966 0.297 0.997 196 rs1793895_T 0.853 0.966 0.297 0.997 197rs3087617_T 0.853 0.913 0.285 0.993 198 rs28732154_T 0.853 0.854 0.2720.989 199 rs28732150_A 0.852 0.860 0.273 0.989 200 rs527864796_A 0.8520.966 0.295 0.997 201 rs9380266_C 0.851 0.860 0.271 0.989 202rs9378164_A 0.851 0.860 0.271 0.989 203 rs28732158_G 0.851 0.860 0.2760.989

TABLE 4 Polymorphic markers in LD with HLA-B*58:01. PPV and NPV refer topositive and negative predictive values, respectively. In some cases,markers 1-4 of table 4 provide a panel of markers for HLA-B*58:01.Marker SNP specificity sensitivity ppv npv 1 rs78090769_T 0.979 0.9940.772 0.999 2 rs79815527_A 0.977 0.970 0.757 0.997 3 rs75412754_C 0.9770.958 0.754 0.996 4 rs143527370_TTA 0.975 0.934 0.732 0.995 5rs7769586_T 0.855 0.970 0.324 0.997 6 rs9264041_G 0.855 0.970 0.3240.997 7 rs7739334_C 0.853 0.970 0.321 0.997 8 rs9264132_C 0.854 0.9700.322 0.997 9 rs542772601_TA 0.854 0.970 0.322 0.997 10 rs4084090_G0.853 0.970 0.321 0.997 11 rs4416711_T 0.851 0.970 0.318 0.997 12rs141484466_C 0.907 0.898 0.409 0.992 13 rs1131201_C 0.883 0.886 0.3510.990 14 rs1131214_C 0.899 0.868 0.380 0.989 15 rs1140404_G 0.899 0.8680.380 0.989 16 rs41541616_C 0.897 0.856 0.374 0.988 17 rs41543121_T0.899 0.856 0.378 0.988

TABLE 5 Polymorphic markers in LD with HLA-B*58:02, an allele related toHLA- B*58:01. PPV and NPV refer to positive and negative predictivevalues, respectively. In some cases, the marker(s) of Table 5 (e.g.,markers 1-2) for allele HLA-B*58:02 can be assessed and distinguishedfrom the panel of assessed markers of Table 4, to provide furtherspecificity for assessing ADR risks associated with allele HLA-B*58:01.Marker SNP specificity sensitivity ppv npv 1 rs6936478_A 0.997 1 0.878 12 rs111664408_G 0.997 0.972 0.833 0.999 3 rs12199223_A 0.859 1 0.094 1 4rs12189871_T 0.859 1 0.094 1 5 rs4406273_A 0.858 1 0.093 1 6rs12211087_A 0.859 1 0.093 1 7 rs28894993_T 0.858 1 0.093 1 8rs28732138_A 0.861 1 0.094 1 9 rs78090769_T 0.927 1 0.167 1 10rs79815527_A 0.927 0.972 0.163 0.999 11 rs75412754_C 0.928 0.972 0.1650.999 12 rs143527370_TTA 0.927 0.972 0.164 0.999 13 rs534234550_G 0.8810.972 0.107 0.999 14 rs9267184_T 0.881 0.972 0.107 0.999 15 rs67942473_T0.881 0.972 0.107 0.999 16 rs9267202_A 0.881 0.972 0.107 0.999 17rs9267212_T 0.881 0.972 0.107 0.999 18 rs9267214_T 0.881 0.972 0.1070.999 19 rs537357246_A 0.882 0.972 0.108 0.999 20 rs9267217_C 0.8810.972 0.107 0.999 21 rs9267218_A 0.882 0.972 0.107 0.999 22rs541349280_A 0.884 0.972 0.109 0.999 23 rs9267271_A 0.861 0.972 0.0920.999 24 rs9267280_A 0.881 0.972 0.107 0.999 25 rs9267283_A 0.875 0.9720.102 0.999 26 rs9267289_A 0.881 0.972 0.107 0.999 27 rs9267296_A 0.8810.972 0.106 0.999 28 rs9267301_C 0.882 0.972 0.107 0.999 29 rs2523460_A0.881 0.972 0.107 0.999 30 rs9267315_T 0.881 0.972 0.107 0.999 31rs143499322_C 0.997 0.944 0.871 0.999 32 rs79503523_G 0.951 0.944 0.2200.999 33 rs148725606_A 0.908 0.944 0.130 0.999 34 rs9267133_A 0.9080.944 0.130 0.999 35 rs2395031_A 0.906 0.944 0.128 0.999 36 rs2894220_T0.907 0.944 0.129 0.999 37 rs9267135_C 0.907 0.944 0.129 0.999 38rs9267136_A 0.907 0.944 0.129 0.999 39 rs9267137_C 0.907 0.944 0.1290.999 40 rs7758090_T 0.891 0.944 0.112 0.999 41 rs7758267_A 0.891 0.9440.112 0.999 42 rs9267141_T 0.891 0.944 0.112 0.999 43 rs9267142_G 0.8910.944 0.112 0.999 44 rs9267143_T 0.891 0.944 0.112 0.999 45 rs9267145_G0.891 0.944 0.112 0.999 46 rs9267146_G 0.891 0.944 0.112 0.999 47rs9267147_C 0.891 0.944 0.112 0.999 48 rs576159127_CT 0.879 0.944 0.1020.999 49 rs9267155_G 0.879 0.944 0.102 0.999 50 rs9267156_T 0.879 0.9440.102 0.999 51 rs9267157_T 0.880 0.944 0.103 0.999 52 rs9267168_A 0.8910.944 0.112 0.999 53 rs9267169_T 0.891 0.944 0.112 0.999 54 rs3828893_A0.891 0.944 0.112 0.999 55 rs3749945_T 0.891 0.944 0.112 0.999 56rs72459742_A 0.891 0.944 0.112 0.999 57 rs9267175_T 0.891 0.944 0.1120.999 58 rs9267176_T 0.891 0.944 0.112 0.999 59 rs9267211_T 0.882 0.9440.104 0.999 60 rs200587233_G 0.885 0.944 0.107 0.999 61 rs9267243_T0.882 0.944 0.104 0.999 62 rs17197066_A 0.997 0.916 0.846 0.998 63rs147200847_A 0.994 0.916 0.717 0.998 64 rs112928571_G 0.997 0.916 0.8460.998 65 rs182979559_T 0.997 0.916 0.846 0.998 66 rs572558969_G 0.9970.916 0.846 0.998 67 rs7752002_T 0.997 0.916 0.868 0.998 68 rs6934570_G0.946 0.916 0.201 0.998 69 rs187331993_T 0.995 0.916 0.767 0.998 70rs1793894_A 0.915 0.916 0.136 0.998 71 rs527277270. 0.921 0.916 0.1460.998 rs531277843_G 72 rs16899682_C 0.952 0.888 0.214 0.998 73rs146870705_T 0.997 0.888 0.842 0.998 74 rs62395345_G 0.971 0.888 0.3100.998 75 rs13197153_C 0.946 0.888 0.196 0.998 76 rs149345291_A 0.8910.861 0.103 0.997 77 rs549439680_T 0.985 0.861 0.469 0.997 78rs140577688_G 0.997 0.861 0.861 0.997 79 rs112625334_C 0.974 0.861 0.3290.997 80 rs112193896_T 0.974 0.861 0.326 0.997 81 rs113807067_A 0.9880.861 0.516 0.997 82 rs114910910_C 0.988 0.861 0.516 0.997 83rs111541554_G 0.990 0.861 0.563 0.997 84 rs114500081_A 0.988 0.861 0.5250.997 85 rs62395767_G 0.978 0.861 0.369 0.997 86 rs3093667_T 0.997 0.8610.815 0.997 87 rs3093669_A 0.987 0.861 0.492 0.997 88 rs115166054_T0.989 0.861 0.534 0.997 89 rs148897498_C 0.988 0.861 0.525 0.997 90rs140894428_C 0.988 0.861 0.525 0.997 91 rs145103532_C 0.997 0.861 0.8610.997

Example 2: Polymorphic Markers for Pharmacogenetic HLA Risk AllelesMethodology

Specific HLA alleles strongly associated with drug toxicities/responsewith a PharmGKB strength of evidence score of ≥2 were selected from thePharmGKB database (see Whirl-Carrillo, M., et al., Pharmacogenomicsknowledge for personalized medicine. Clin Pharmacol Ther, 2012. 92(4):p. 414-7) for subsequent discovery of proxy-single nucleotidepolymorphism (proxy-SNP) markers. We identified 2504 samples from the1000 Genomes (1KG) Project dataset that had both whole genome sequencingand HLA typing data available (discovery cohort) (see Abi-Rached, L., etal., Immune diversity sheds light on missing variation in worldwidegenetic diversity panels. PLoS One, 2018. 13(10): p. e0206512; andGenomes Project, C., et al., A global reference for human geneticvariation. Nature, 2015. 526(7571): p. 68-74).

These multi-ethnic samples represented the five super populations, asdefined by the 1KG Project: African Americans (n=661), Europeans(n=503), Hispanics (n=347), East (n=504) and South Asians (n=489). Weevaluated the performance of all variants within the MHC region(n=608,256) across the entire discovery cohort to tag the selectedpharmacogenetic HLA alleles by assessing their sensitivity, specificity,positive predictive value, and negative predictive value (Erlichster,M., et al., Cross-ethnicity tagging SNPs for HLA alleles associated withadverse drug reaction. Pharmacogenomics J, 2018). The identifiedproxy-SNPs were ranked based on these performance metrics, which informsthe selection of multi-ethnic proxy-SNPs as markers of pharmacogeneticHLA risk alleles. In addition, the initial performance metricestimations of the high ranking proxy-SNPs were refined byexperimentally genotyping and/or HLA typing selected samples withpotential false positive and/or false negative results based on thelow-coverage sequencing data of the 1KG Project. Of note, this analysisalso identified some proxy-SNPs that are markers for highly related HLArisk alleles with only recent evolutionary divergence (e.g., B*58:01 andB*58:02). To confirm the performance metrics of the identified topranking proxy-SNPs, an independent replication cohort of 79 multi-ethnicCoriell samples was analyzed [African Americans (n=20), Europeans(n=27), Hispanics (n=8), East Asians (n=23) and Middle Eastern (n=1)],which included 60 samples confirmed to carry at least one of thepharmacogenetic HLA risk alleles (Abi-Rached, L., et al., PLoS One,2018. 13(10): p. e0206512; Bettinotti, M. P., et al., Characterizationof 108 Genomic DNA Reference Materials for 11 Human Leukocyte AntigenLoci: A GeT-RM Collaborative Project. J Mol Diagn, 2018. 20(5): p.703-715; and Bykova et al., In Silico Analysis of the MinorHistocompatibility Antigen Landscape Based on the 1000 Genomes Project.Front Immunol, 2018. 9: p. 1819).

Results

Further analysis was performed to identify smaller panels of the bestproxy-SNPs for the HLA alleles. As described above, 2504 samples acrosssuper populations from 1000 Genome project dataset with whole genomesequencing and HLA typing data (discovery cohort, FIG. 1). We estimatedthe carriage sensibility and specificity to assess the HLA alleletagging performance of each variant within MHC region (n=608,256). Wetyped false positive and false negative samples to confirm the predictedestimations for the best proxy-SNPs. We genotyped those proxy-SNPs on 79multiethnic samples, 60 of which carry at least one of the four HLAalleles (Replication cohort, FIG. 1) to confirm sensibility andsensitivity of selected SNPs in an independent cohort.

The results of this analysis are presented in Tables 6 and 7. Ourfindings identified a novel multi-ethic proxy-SNP panel that couldenable cost-effective and rapid genotype-based screening to predict thefour major FDA/EMA recommended pharmacogenomic HLA risk alleles.

TABLE 6 Sensitivity (SN) and specificity (SP) of the selected proxy-SNPs for HLA-A*31:01, HLA-B*15:02, HLA-B*58:01 and HLA-B*57:01.Discovery (n = 2504) Replication (n = 79) Probe name SN SP PPV NPV SN SPPPV NPV HLA-A*31:01 rs114776910_G 0.976 0.999 0.984 0.999 1.000 1.0001.000 1.000 rs138415245_G 0.952 0.999 0.984 0.997 1.000 1.000 1.0001.000 rs12665140_A 0.968 0.999 0.984 0.998 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000rs147023494_T 1.000 0.997 0.955 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000rs148590958_C 0.944 0.998 0.967 0.997 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000rs114716190_G 0.952 0.998 0.968 0.997 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000HLA-B*15:02 rs144012689_A 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 rs151107659_A 1.0001.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 rs188729361_A 0.989 1.0001.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 rs181377228_A 0.989 0.990 1.0001.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 HLA-B*58:01 rs78090769_T 0.994 0.996 0.9491.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 rs79815527_A 0.970 0.994 0.926 0.998 0.9501.000 1.000 0.984 rs75412754_C 0.970 0.994 0.926 0.998 0.950 1.000 1.0000.984 rs6936478_A 1.000 0.996 0.878 1.000 HLA-B*57:01 rs115986568_A1.000 0.998 0.968 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 rs149663102_T 1.0000.998 0.968 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 rs114170382_A 1.000 0.9980.968 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 rs114607072_T 0.993 0.998 0.9681.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 rs138099588_G 0.993 0.997 0.955 1.0001.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 rs41558312_G 0.993 0.998 0.968 1.000 1.000 1.0001.000 1.000 rs58102217_A 1.000 0.986 0.816 1.000 1.000 0.982 0.930 1.000rs41543314_G 1.000 0.985 0.812 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 PPVpositive predictive value. NPV negative predictive value.

TABLE 7 Sensitivity (SN) and specificity (SP) by ethnicities (reportedthe number of carriers) of selected proxy-SNPs for HLA- A*31:01,HLA-B*15:02, HLA-B*58:01 and HLA-B*57:01. HLA-A*31:01 African AmericansHispanics Europeans (n = 10) (n = 32) (n = 24) probe name SS SP PPV NPVSS SP PPV NPV SS SP rs114776910_G 0.70 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.001.00 1.00 1.00 rs138415245_G 0.60 1.00 1.00 0.99 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.001.00 1.00 rs12665140_A 0.60 1.00 1.00 0.99 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00rs147023494_T 1.00 0.99 0.71 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00rs148590958_C 0.60 1.00 1.00 0.99 1.00 1.00 0.97 1.00 0.92 1.00rs114716190_G 0.70 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.97 1.00 0.92 1.00Europeans East Asians South Asians (n = 24) (n = 36) (n = 24) probe namePPV NPV SS SP PPV NPV SS SP PPV NPV rs114776910_G 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.001.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.92 1.00 rs138415245_G 1.00 1.00 0.97 1.00 1.001.00 1.00 1.00 0.92 1.00 rs12665140_A 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.001.00 0.92 1.00 rs147023494_T 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.000.92 1.00 rs148590958_C 1.00 1.00 0.97 1.00 0.97 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.921.00 rs114716190_G 1.00 1.00 0.97 1.00 0.97 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.92 1.00HLA-B*15:02 African Americans Hispanics Europeans probe name SS SP PPVNPV SS SP PPV NPV SS SP rs144012689_A rs151107659_A rs188729361_Ars181377228_A East Asians South Asians Europeans (n = 47) (n = 41) probename PPV NPV SS SP PPV NPV SS SP PPV NPV rs144012689_A 1.00 1.00 1.001.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 rs151107659_A 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.001.00 1.00 rs188729361_A 0.98 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00rs181377228_A 0.98 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 HLA-B*58:01African Americans Hispanics Europeans (n = 71) (n = 5) (n = 8) probename SS SP PPV NPV SS SP PPV NPV SS SP rs78090769_T 0.99 0.99 0.90 1.001.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 rs79815527_A 0.93 0.98 0.88 0.99 1.00 0.990.63 1.00 1.00 1.00 rs75412754_C 0.93 0.98 0.88 0.99 1.00 0.99 0.63 1.001.00 1.00 rs6936478_A 1.00 0.99 0.87 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 EuropeansEast Asians South Asians (n = 8) (n = 55) (n = 28) probe name PPV NPV SSSP PPV NPV SS SP PPV NPV rs78090769_T 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.001.00 0.97 1.00 rs79815527_A 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.971.00 rs75412754_C 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.97 1.00rs6936478_A HLA-B*57:01 African Americans Hispanics Europeans (n = 1) (n= 12) (n = 42) probe name SS SP PPV NPV SS SP PPV NPV SS SPrs115986568_A 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.92 1.00 1.00 1.00rs149663102_T 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.92 1.00 1.00 1.00rs114170382_A 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.92 1.00 1.00 1.00rs114607072_T 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.92 1.00 0.98 1.00rs138099588_G 1.00 1.00 0.50 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.92 1.00 0.98 1.00rs41558312_G 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.92 1.00 0.98 1.00rs58102217_A 1.00 0.96 0.04 1.00 1.00 0.99 0.86 1.00 1.00 0.99rs41543314_G 1.00 0.96 0.04 1.00 1.00 0.98 0.67 1.00 1.00 1.00 EuropeansEast Asians South Asians (n = 42) (n = 11) (n = 85) probe name PPV NPVSS SP PPV NPV SS SP PPV NPV rs115986568_A 0.98 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.001.00 0.99 0.97 1.00 rs149663102_T 0.98 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.000.99 0.97 1.00 rs114170382_A 0.98 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.990.97 1.00 rs114607072_T 0.98 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.99 0.971.00 rs138099588_G 0.95 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.99 0.97 1.00rs41558312_G 0.95 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.99 0.97 1.00rs58102217_A 0.93 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.99 0.97 1.00rs41543314_G 0.95 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.99 0.97 1.00 PPVpositive predictive value. NPV negative predictive value.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of treating a subject with a drugassociated with an adverse drug reaction (ADR), the method comprising:(a) assaying for one or more genetic markers each independently selectedfrom any of Tables 1-4 in a sample from a subject and assessing the riskof the ADR in the subject in response to the drug, wherein a high riskis assessed when the one or more genetic markers are present in thesample and a low risk is assessed when the one or more genetic markersare absent from the sample; and (b.1) administering the drug when thereis a low risk of the ADR in the subject; or (b.2) administering areduced dosage of the drug or declining to administer the drug whenthere is a high risk of the ADR in the subject; wherein the one or moregenetic markers are in linkage disequilibrium with an HLA alleleassociated with the ADR and selected from HLA-A*31:01, HLA-B*15:02,HLA-B*57:01, and HLA-B*58:01.
 2. The method of claim 1, the methodcomprising administering the drug when there is a low risk of ADR in thesubject, wherein a low risk of ADR is assessed when the one or moregenetic markers are absent from the sample.
 3. The method of claim 1,the method comprising administering a reduced dosage of the drug ordeclining to administer the drug when there is a high risk of ADR in thesubject, wherein a high risk of ADR is assessed when the one or moregenetic markers are detected in the sample.
 4. The method of any one ofclaims 1-3, wherein the one or more genetic markers are of Table 1 andin linkage disequilibrium with HLA-A*31:01.
 5. The method of any one ofclaims 1-3, wherein the one or more genetic markers are of Table 2 andin linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B*15:02.
 6. The method of any one ofclaims 1-3, wherein the one or more genetic markers are of Table 3 andin linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B*57:01.
 7. The method of any one ofclaims 1-6, wherein the one or more genetic markers are of Table 4 andin linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B*58:01.
 8. The method of claim 7,further comprising: assaying for one or more genetic markers eachindependently selected from Table 5 in a sample from a subject; whereinthe one or more genetic markers of Table 5 are in linkage disequilibriumwith HLA-B*58:02.
 9. The method of any one of claims 4-8, wherein theone or more genetic markers are selected from markers numbered 1 to 20of the Table.
 10. The method of any one of claims 4-8, wherein the oneor more genetic markers are selected from markers numbered 1 to 10 ofthe Table.
 11. The method of any one of claims 4-10, wherein the one ormore genetic markers are markers of Table
 6. 12. The method of any oneof claims 1-11, wherein the drug is selected from abacavir,carbamazepine, phenytoin, and allopurinol.
 13. The method of claim 12,where the drug is abacavir and the one or more genetic markers are ofTable
 3. 14. The method of claim 12, where the drug is carbamazepine andthe one or more genetic markers are of Table 1 or
 2. 15. The method ofclaim 12, where the drug is phenytoin and the one or more geneticmarkers are of Table
 4. 16. The method of claim 12, where the drug isallopurinol and the one or more genetic markers are of Table
 4. 17. Themethod of any one of claims 1-16, wherein the ADR is selected from acutehepatitis, hypersensitivity syndrome, Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS),toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), and mild cutaneous ADR.
 18. The methodof any one of claims 1-17, wherein the sample from the subject isselected from saliva, urine, whole blood, plasma, serum, and hair. 19.The method of any one of claims 1-18, wherein the assaying comprisesisolating and/or amplifying genomic DNA from the subject.
 20. The methodof claim 18 or 19, wherein the sample is a DNA sample obtained fromperipheral blood of the subject.
 21. The method of any one of claims1-20, wherein the assaying comprises sequencing, selective hybridizationand/or selective amplification.
 22. The method of any one of claims1-21, wherein the genetic markers are single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs).
 23. The method of any one of claims 1-22, wherein: a low risk ofthe ADR in the subject is assessed when all of the genetic markers forthe HLA allele that are assayed are absent; and a high risk of the ADRin the subject is assessed when all of the genetic markers for the HLAallele that are assayed are present.
 24. The method of any one of claims1-23, wherein the one or more genetic markers that are assayed are twoor more genetic markers.
 25. A method of detecting a panel of geneticmarkers for a pharmacogenetic HLA allele in a subject, the methodcomprising: obtaining a sample from a subject; detecting whether a panelof genetic markers of an HLA allele is present in the sample bycontacting the sample with a complementary panel of DNA probes anddetecting hybridization between the markers and probes; and wherein thepanel of genetic markers comprises two or more genetic markers eachselected from one of Tables 1-5 and in linkage disequilibrium with theHLA allele, wherein the HLA allele is selected from HLA-A*31:01,HLA-B*15:02, HLA-B*57:01, HLA-B*58:01 and HLA-B*58:02.
 26. The method ofclaim 25, wherein the two or more genetic markers comprise geneticmarkers of Table 1 in linkage disequilibrium with HLA-A*31:01.
 27. Themethod of claim 25, wherein the two or more genetic markers comprisegenetic markers of Table 2 in linkage disequilibrium with HLA-B*15:02.28. The method of claim 25, wherein the two or more genetic markerscomprise genetic markers of Table 3 in linkage disequilibrium withHLA-B*57:01.
 29. The method of claim 25, wherein the two or more geneticmarkers comprise genetic markers of Table 4 and in linkagedisequilibrium with HLA-B*58:01.
 30. The method of claim 25, wherein thetwo or more genetic markers comprise genetic markers of Table 5 and inlinkage disequilibrium with HLA-B*58:02.
 31. The method of any one ofclaims 26-30, wherein the two or more genetic markers are selected frommarkers numbered 1 to 20 of the Table.
 32. The method of any one ofclaims 26-30, wherein the two or more genetic markers are selected frommarkers of Table
 6. 33. The method of any one of claims 26-30, whereinthe two or more genetic markers are selected from markers of the Tablehaving a specificity and/or sensitivity of 98% or more, or a PPV and/orNPV value of 98% or more.
 34. The method of any one of claims 25-33,wherein the two or more genetic markers comprise genetic markers of eachof Tables 1-4, and the HLA allele status of the subject for each ofHLA-A*31:01, HLA-B*15:02, HLA-B*57:01, and HLA-B*58:01 is identified.35. The method of any one of claims 25-34, wherein the two or moregenetic markers comprise all of the markers of Table
 6. 36. A method ofassessing the risk of a subject for developing an adverse drug reactionin response to a drug, the method comprising: assaying for one or moregenetic markers in a sample from a subject; and assessing risk of anadverse drug reaction (ADR) associated with an HLA allele in the subjectin response to a drug, wherein: a low risk of the ADR is assessed whenall of the one or more genetic markers assayed are absent; and a highrisk of the ADR is assessed when all of the one or more genetic markersassayed are present; wherein the one or more genetic markers are inlinkage disequilibrium with the HLA allele which is selected fromHLA-A*31:01, HLA-B*15:02, HLA-B*57:01, HLA-B*58:01 and HLA-B*58:02. 37.A method of treating a subject with a drug, the method comprising:selecting a dosage of a drug for treating a subject based on thesubject's risk of an adverse drug reaction (ADR) in response to thedrug, the risk assessed by assaying for one or more genetic markers eachindependently selected from any of Tables 1-4 in a sample from thesubject and assessing a risk of the ADR in the subject in response tothe drug based on the presence or absence of the one or more geneticmarkers in the sample; and administering the selected dosage of the drugto the subject; wherein the selected dose is a normal dosage when thesubject has a low risk of an ADR, and the selected dose is a reduceddosage or no dosage when the subject has a high risk of an ADR; whereinthe one or more genetic markers are in linkage disequilibrium with anHLA allele associated with the ADR and selected from HLA-A*31:01,HLA-B*15:02, HLA-B*57:01, and HLA-B*58:01.
 38. The method of claim 36 or37, wherein the one or more genetic markers are of Table 1 and inlinkage disequilibrium with HLA-A*31:01.
 39. The method of claim 36 or37, wherein the one or more genetic markers are of Table 2 and inlinkage disequilibrium with HLA-B*15:02.
 40. The method of claim 36 or37, wherein the one or more genetic markers are of Table 3 and inlinkage disequilibrium with HLA-B*57:01.
 41. The method of claim 36 or37, wherein the one or more genetic markers are of Table 4 and inlinkage disequilibrium with HLA-B*58:01.
 42. The method of any one ofclaims 36-41, wherein the one or more genetic markers are two or moregenetic markers (e.g., 3 or more, 4 or more, 5 or more, 6 or more, 7 ormore, 8 or more, 9 or more, 10 or more, 15 or more, or 20 or moregenetic markers).
 43. The method of any one of claims 36-42, wherein: alow risk of the ADR in the subject is assessed when all of the one ormore genetic markers assayed are absent; and a high risk of the ADR inthe subject is assessed when all of the one or more genetic markersassayed are present.